Open Source Community
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Open source to take over mainstream IT
News Open source-based IT jobs will grow and the cloud will be ubiquitous, as long as community takes certain steps, according to roadmap from Open World Forum.
Tags: Open Source, Cloud Computing, Wikipedia, open source research and development, sustainable development, Floss, software, Open-source Community, Paris, information technology
10 reasons open source smartphones will win
Insight commentary The advantages of open source for smartphones go well beyond simple cost savings, says TechRepublic's Jack Wallen.
Tags: Smart phones, Open source, Protocols and platforms, Apple Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Android, TCO, phone, Open-source Community
Open source traits lead to secure applications
News A disciplined community effort and its unfettered characteristic allow open source to provide a level of security assurance, say Sun executives.
Tags: Security, Open source, Support, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, Sun Microsystems Inc., Indonesia, Roman Tuma, Open-source Community
Microsoft founds and funds open source forum
News Software company has created a not-for-profit foundation to address integration and cultural issues between open source and proprietary software.
Tags: Open source, software company, Chicago, Open-source Community, Jeremy Allison, Linux, Samba, Open source
Could NetApp suit throw a wrench in Sun-IBM talks?
News NetApp's patent suit against Sun Microsystems could pose a challenging hurdle for Sun in its reported merger talks with IBM, reports American Lawyer's AM Law.com site.
Tags: Acquisitions, Servers, Open source, Business applications, IBM Corp., File System, Storage, ZFS File System, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Five reasons to hire open source developers
Techguide Afraid an open source developer will be a liability to your organization? TechRepublic's Jack Wallen offers some reasons to think otherwise.
Tags: Open source, Protocols and platforms, Human resources, Trends, Apache Software Foundation, Open-source Developer, Apache Web server, Open-source Community, Microsoft Windows, proprietary software
International open source communities focus on China
Blogs The OW2 Consortium, an independent industry community dedicated to developing open source middleware announced the launc...
Open source in action--Xi'An
Blogs Last month, I had the opportunity to visit Xi'an Software Park with Sun Microsystems, Intel and Red flag for "Open Sourc...
Right time for China to use open source as alternative
Blogs Sun Microsystems' chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy, told the BBC he had been asked by the new U.S. administration t...
A look at the open source OW2 Consortium
Blogs During the OSCAMP event in Beijing, I had a chance to talk to Cedric Thomas, the CEO of OW2 open source organization. He...
Samba: TomTom suit tries to undermine GPL
News Jeremy Allison, leader of the Samba project, views Microsoft's patent suit against TomTom as part of wider attempt to undermine the open source GPL software license.
Tags: Open source, Software licensing, Patents, Microsoft Corp., Patent, GPL, TomTom, software, Open-source Community, Jeremy Allison
Software patents hot topic at Microsoft event
News A Microsoft-hosted panel discussion on interoperability was interrupted when a member of a Linux user group raised questions on patent issues.
Tags: Open source, Patents, Software licensing, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Patent, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, Microsoft Office 2007, software
'Linux Defenders' aim at Microsoft patents
News In the wake of Microsoft's settled suit against TomTom, open source advocates are stepping up an attempt to invalidate some of Redmond's patents.
Tags: Lawsuits, Copyright, Open source, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Patent, Red Hat Inc., TomTom, prior art, Open-source Community
Open source can boost S'pore innovation
News Open source technology can help Singapore become a hotbed for innovation under the country's iN2015 masterplan, says ICT regulator.
Tags: Open source, Innovation, Software, Apache Software Foundation, Mobile, Conference, Innovation, Singapore, Sales, sales training
BT joins enterprise open source community
News As a strategic partner to FossBazaar, BT joins companies like Google, HP and Novell in promoting free and open source software in the enterprise.
Tags: Open source, Hewlett-Packard Co., Google Inc., British Telecommunications, F/OSS, Novell Inc., software, Open-source Community, SourceForge, Linux
